Janskeet said:

I thought you guys were smart? ...

That comment very nicely sums up exactly why I am not a Democrat. That self righteous, we are so intelligent, if you think differently than us then you are by default an idiot, etc. attitude. It bugs the crap out of me, and most Democrats I have known have it. It is kind of like the popular kids back in high school, "if you don't wear __insert brand name here__insert product name here__, then you are not cool!" If you are not a Democrat, then you are not smart. Because all smart people are Democrats.

Once on these boards I accurately described myself as a real conservative, only to find some of the local Democrat types decided that the term was 100% the same as Republican (and hey, they are the only smart ones, so who am I to believe otherwise), since then I have decided it would be safest to go with the term libertarian, even though that is not exactly what I am, it is close enough. Better than being tossed in the same bucket as the George Bush/Juan McCain crowd.